Fishing Reports by Capt. Tim Masten

Mosquito Lagoon, North Indian River & Banana River - Hot Summer Action!! Today we decided to Fish the Docks! During the heat of the summer, fish like to get under docks to relax in the few degrees cooler water. I like to gather some prime size live bait and pitch them under docks to see if I more...
Capt. Tim Masten - Indian River Lagoon

Mosquito Lagoon, North Indian River & Banana River - Indian River Summer!! I can't begin to tell you how lucky I am to live close enough to the Indian River Lagoon System, to be able to fish it most eveyday. Today, my fishing partner was my 7 years old son Colton. He really loves fishing (imag more...
Capt. Tim Masten - Indian River Lagoon

Mosquito Lagoon, North Indian River & Banana River - Young Anglers Rule! The future of fishing is our children. If we help educate and take them fishing where they will have fun, in return we gain the next protectors of the fisheries (where ever they end up). Today was a true joy, as I got the more...
Capt. Tim Masten - Indian River Lagoon

Mosquito Lagoon, North Indian River & Banana River - Never Give Up!! I had the pleasure of spending the day on the boat with Jeff and his son Taylor. The Taylor family was here in Florida for a well deserved vacation, and the boys and I went fishing. Other than a little more wind than we would h more...
Capt. Tim Masten - Indian River Lagoon

Mosquito Lagoon, North Indian River & Banana River - Off The Beach! Light winds and calm seas were just too tempting...so Off the Beach we went. This time of the year, within a few miles off the beach there roam many predator fish, Tarpon, Kingfish, Cobia, Sharks and Barracuda...all fun to catch. more...
Capt. Tim Masten - Indian River Lagoon

Mosquito Lagoon, North Indian River & Banana River - Ladies Rule! Today, I fished with Pat from Merritt Island, along with Sherry and Ryan (son) from Delaware. We started off rather slow, looking for the morning Speckled Trout bite that left us disappointed. Sooo...we turn our attention to Redfi more...
Capt. Tim Masten - Indian River Lagoon

Mosquito Lagoon, North Indian River & Banana River - Summer is Here! Some might call it the dog days of summer but I see it as, The days of calm winds tailing Redfish! Today I fished with regular, Cory of Orlando. As you will see below, the water was slick calm most of the day resulting in many more...
Capt. Tim Masten - Indian River Lagoon

Mosquito Lagoon, North Indian River & Banana River - Indian River Reds, Trout and Snook! Even though the wind blew 20 mph today...we still caught fish! I fished with Greg, an accomplished hunter and fisherman from Colorado, his son Jake and Grandpa. We stayed sheltered from the wind and with a c more...
Capt. Tim Masten - Indian River Lagoon

Mosquito Lagoon, North Indian River & Banana River - Mosquito Lagoon Redfish Today, the BUZAK family joined me for a day of fishing for Reds in Mosquito Lagoon. With the recent front, the wind blew hard from the North East and continued to do so this morning. This low pressure system moved the R more...
Capt. Tim Masten - Indian River Lagoon

Mosquito Lagoon, North Indian River & Banana River - Grand Slam......Almost! Here in Florida, if you catch a Redfish, Trout, and a Snook all in the same trip it is called an Inshore Slam. If you can add a Tarpon to that it is called a Grand Slam. Today, while fishing with Chris, from Georgia, we more...
Capt. Tim Masten - Indian River Lagoon